Spectacles



P. PEGK. SPECTACLES.

' (No Model.)

Patented Deo. 10, -V1889'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

PETER PECK, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPECTACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 417,080, dated December 10, 1889. `Application filed July 24, 1889. Serial No. 318,506. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, PETER PECK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Southbridge, in the county of Torcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spectacles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a pair of spectacles embodying myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through one of the temples, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the iigures.

This invention has relation to spectacleframes; and it consists in the improved construction of the temples, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, the letter A denotes the frame, and B B the bows, of a pair of spectacles. Each of the latter is made from a single piece of suitably-tempered spring-wire hinged to the sides of the frame at a a in the usual manner. To the outer end of each of' the bows B is fastened, by soldering` or in any other suitable manner, the temple-piece C, consisting of an oblong concavo-convex plate of metal projecting upwardly and outwardly at an angle of about forty-five degrees, (more or less,) as illustrated in the drawings. Each of these temples ortem ple-pieces is provided with paralle] in\\\ardly-bent side flanges D D, forming a curved inortise or recess E, which is dovetailed in cross-section to adapt it to receive and hold firmly the removable elastic templeA cushions or bearings F, made of cork, rubber, or other suitable soft material, adapted for the purpose and of such a width that when inserted into the recess E in the concaveconvex temple-plate it will project slightly on both sides thereof, as shown at G G, so as to cover and overlap the edges of the side iianges D D.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it will be seen that the location and construction of the temples are such that they will clasp the head ojf the wearer of the spectacles in such a manner as to hold the same firmly in position, and yet not cause an inconvenient or objectionable pressure. It will also be observed that I dispense with hinged temples, so that I reduce the Weight of the frame at the same time that I simplify its construction, so that the spectacles may be readily folded and carried in the pocket. The elastic cushions F may readily be removed whenever desired and new ones substituted. l

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States- Y The combination of the spectacle-frame, the hinged spring-bows, the concave-convex temple-plates having inwardly-bent parallel side flanges, and the removable elastic templecushions overlapping said flanges, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER PEC/K.

lVitnesses:

HENRY LAvoIE, JOHN LAROCHE. 

